RE: How big is the danger of IE?

["Randal, Phil" <prandal () herefordshire gov uk>]

full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com wrote:
> On Thu, July 8, 2004 8:07 am, Sapheriel said:
> > i didn't know IE also displays e-mails and power point files.
>
> It doesn't. But the IE rendering engine (read: dlls) are used
> by most MS programs to render HTML, which can be embedded
> into almost any document type. Pretty much any IE exploit
> will work in any of these programs as well. Isn't the whole
> "integrated Microsoft suite" a wonderful concept?
>
> -Eric

As those of us who upgraded to IE6SP1 without installing the
corresponding Outlook Express (mea culpa!) found to our chagrin when
MS04-013 came out, just because you don't use something doesn't mean
it's not a security risk.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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